Vintage CRT Help Needed!

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Hello, I am soon to be moving house and would like a new TV for my bedroom. However, I am yet to be convinced of the merits of LCD, at least toward the lower end of the price range. What I would ideally like is a small-medium sized, 4:3 aspect CRT television. Now I'm aware that high-quality CRT's are no longer made, so that necessitates second-hand, which I am perfectly OK with.

I once went to an art exhibition and a video-installation was being played on what looked like a small (perhaps 24") professional-grade CRT monitor, and the colours were astounding, like nothing I've seen on modern flat-screen televisions. I guess this is the sort of TV I'm looking for. So my question is this: Could anyone suggest a very high-end brand/series/model of 4:3 CRT for me to look for on Ebay and other such used-equipment websites?

As this is a bizarre topic of inquiry, and help would be greatly appreciated, as I don't know who else to turn to for advice. Thanks again and I hope to hear from you soon.

Hal.
 
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Oh and just to add to this, I'm hoping to find a non-flat, non-HD model. I'd really like to find whatever was considered absolutely top-of-the-line for smaller televisions back in the 80's/90's when 4:3 TV's were popular.
 

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I'd suggest posting a message here at Freecycle - often when someone has posted they're trying to get rid of their old CRT, this is where they're generally referred to, so it seems like a good place to start if you want to buy one.

Worth trawling through this list as well to see what's available to buy.
 

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There are a couple of good, working (4:3 aspect) 21" Sony Trinitrons amongst this lot.

If you want to go smaller (even 21" were quite bulky) then I can personally recommend Sony 14" portables. (We bought one in 1980 that was in daily use for well over 20 years and never went wrong.)

Search on ebay for Sony Portable televison and there are plenty of 14" ones there.

Be prepared to travel to pick up as no-one in their right mind is going to post it to you!
 

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